Columbus among the Native Americans

US History Lesson 1: Pre-Columbian America; Columbus and the Origins

Class reads: The Columbus letter, written in 1493:

Read in class: http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/columbus/translation.html

Guiding question: How does Columbus describe the inhabitants of Hispaniola?

Class reads: Columbus letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus2.html

Guiding questions: What were the intentions of Columbus and Spain in the New World?

Homework/Study lab:

1. Choose one of the following articles. Read it, and generate 3 main, interesting points to share with the class. Next, come up with one original question that you would like to know about what you read. Finally, turn in a half-page summary of the article. 10 points

http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/COWLEY01.ART

“The Great Disease Migration”
Newsweek article on disease brought over by the European explorers.

http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/DAVIS-D1.ART

Rumors of cannibalism among the Native Americans.
Questions: Where did these rumors start and how did they influence relations of the Europeans with the Native Americans?

http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/WILSON02.ART

Columbus among the Native Americans

"Columbus, my enemy" " Columbus, My Enemy"

(A Caribbean chief resists the first Spanish invaders)

http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/GILES-01.ART

"How did Native Americans respond to Christianity?" Christian History article, 1990